Gripping Tech Gear: Stratasys Mojo 3D Printer

What the heck is a 3D Printer?

With the Mojo Desktop 3D Printer it’s pure awesomeness in a box!

Marketing Technologies, a local company, was awesome enough to let me borrow their Stratasys Mojo 3D printer for a week. I was able to dive right in and figure out its functionality. I quickly learned what gripped my attention about this product. All in all I had very few things to gripe about…

Stratasys Mojo 3D Printer

Grips

Insanely easy to set up

Began printing my 3D file within about 15 minutes

Soluble support material makes printing almost any shape extremely easy

You don’t have to give much thought to the orientation of your part, it just works

The required ‘stl.’ file type is an industry standard

You can reorient your parts with the click of a button

Software gives you an accurate print duration and end time down to the minute

No manual calibration required

Changing plastic spools is as easy as changing and ink cartridge.

Every spool comes with a new print head ensuring a clean precise print every time

The only maintenance required is removing debris from the support material

Gripes

The $10,000 price tag

The high cost of replacing a spool, about $400

Heating up the build chamber takes about 10 to 15 minutes

The soluble support material take several hours to wash away

Breaking the printed parts off the print tray can be difficult

Currently the only color is white (really kind of off white, though there is talk of an upgrade to add several colors)

Print time

Bottom Line

The Stratasys Mojo 3D Printer was a breeze to use. Literally no calibration was required because the machine does it all on it’s own. It really felt as easy as printing off a document from an inkjet printer. Although the ease of use comes at a price, the Mojo is an excellent machine and is well worth the hassle free printing it has to offer.